Brief Life History of Millie Melinda
When Millie Melinda Lawson was born on 27 April 1851, in Monterey, Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, Hudson Lawson, was 43 and her mother, Rachel Russell, was 39. She married Major Thomas Daniel on 19 February 1871, in Schuyler, Lindsey Township, Benton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Fabius Township, Davis, Iowa, United States for about 60 years. She died on 23 June 1942, in Davis, Iowa, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Fabius Township, Davis, Iowa, United States.
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- Millie M Daniel, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Millie Malinday Lawson, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Willie Daniels, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic ‘son of Lawrence’; see Law 1. It is also found in Ireland since the 17th century.
Americanized form of Swedish Larsson and Danish, Norwegian or North German Larsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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